Do you know what God loves?
Many like to think that they know what God loves, but it’s oftentimes an assumption based on our interpretation of God.
Some think God doesn’t love anything, while others believe God loves everything because God is love.
While it’s true that God is love, that doesn’t mean that He loves everything.
If anyone loved everything, their core values are nonexistent.
It’s impossible to love two opposing things!
After all, you can’t love both good and evil.
Jesus explained this concept in this way:
““No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
Matthew 6:24 NKJV.
So the LORD doesn’t love everything!
This sparks my curiosity now…
What does God Love?
I want to know what the Creator of all existence loves!
What would be on God’s bio on Instagram?
Don’t you long to know makes Him smile?
I certainly pray to know the Father’s heart and I’m grateful that He tells us in His word, what He delights in!
So, let’s dive into the scriptures and discover what God truly loves!
God loves cheerful generosity!
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.”
II Corinthians 9:7 NKJV.
God loves righteousness, goodness and justice!
“For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.”
Psalms 11:7 NKJV.
“He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”
Psalms 33:5 NKJV.
“The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves him who follows righteousness.”
Proverbs 15:9 NKJV.
“For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.”
Psalms 37:28 NKJV.
“The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.”
Psalms 146:8-9 NKJV.
God loves the Kingdom!
“He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah”.
Psalms 47:4 NKJV.
“The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
Psalms 87:2 NKJV.
““When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.”
Hosea 11:1 NKJV.
““I have loved you,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the Lord. “Yet Jacob I have loved;”.
Malachi 1:2 NKJV.
God loves the Savior!
“For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.”
John 5:20 NKJV.
God loves you!
“Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.”
Deuteronomy 23:5 NKJV.
“but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 7:8 NKJV.
“For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of Lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.”
Deuteronomy 10:17-18 NKJV.
“Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; Everyone receives Your words.”
Deuteronomy 33:3 NKJV.
“Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”
II Chronicles 2:11 NKJV.
“Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.”
Isaiah 43:4 NKJV.
“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”
Jeremiah 31:3 NKJV.
“Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.””
Mark 10:21 NKJV.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 NKJV.
“for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.”
John 16:27 NKJV.
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,”.
Ephesians 2:4 NKJV.
Did you notice how God says He loves us more than anything else.
The very first time God mentions what He loves, it’s us!
No wonder He gave His only son to save us!
He truly has always loved us more than anything!
The most beautiful part about this is, we can see proof that the LORD truly loves all of these things; all throughout the scriptures!
We see His heart from the beginning of creation to revelation.
His love is clear from the Old Testament law to the Gospel.
Seeing the heart of our Creator really makes me look at my life as His creation, through the lens of love!
If we were made in His image…
and His image is love….
What does that tell me about myself?
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
John 13:34 NKJV.
It’s all that God has ever asked of us and all He will ever ask…
It what we were created to do!
When we love God and love each other, we are actually walking in the footsteps of our loving Creator!
I know He doesn’t love everything, but I know without a doubt…
He loves you and me!
Photo by Petra Reid
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
